Russia’s combat aircraft industry is struggling to sustain itself, with the sanctions impacting exports at the eye of the storm, according to a new report.
On the eve of the influential Dubai Airshow 2025, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has pointed to supply chain issues and a lack of funding for research and development. Amid these difficulties, China has sought a constructive relationship with states that would have previously been the key customers of Russian suppliers.
Nikolay Staykov and Dr Jack Watling wrote Vulnerabilities in Sukhoi Production: Clipping Russia’s Wings for the world’s oldest defence and security think tank, advocating encouraging a brain drain of Russian technology specialists in order to further disrupt Moscow’s aviation industry.
The report is also critical of the current sanctions regime against Vladimir Putin’s regime, arguing that it is not being enforced adequately at the present time.
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